
          make drawings from. I make out
 poorly enough. I am surprised to find
 myself as deficient in the mechanical
 as in the aesthetical requisites for painting.
 I have been out for plants
 but once this year.


 My time is up & I must close
 Love to Mrs T. & the family


 [remainder of the page torn away, only the signature visible:
 I F Holton]
        